Combination electrical heater and cooker



M. BUTCHER.

COMBINATION ELECTRLCAL HEATER AND COOKER. APPLICATION HLED FEB. 20, 1922.

1,438,516. Patented De( :.124,1922.

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UNITED STATES 1,438,516 PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL BUTCHER, OF FERNIE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA. COMBINATION ELECTRICAL HEATER AND COOKER.

Application filed February 20, 1922. Serial No. 537,950.

To allwhom it may concern Bedt known that I, MICHAEL BUTCHER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Fernie, British Columbia, Canada, have invented a new and useful Combination Electrical Heater and Cooker, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates in general to electrical household appliances and has reference more particularly to a combination electrical heater and cooker.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a simple and cheap appliance of the character described which may be conveniently used for either cooking or heating purposes and embodying a unique corelated number of parts which enable the same to be neatly packed for shipping or portable purposes and also enabling the same to be quickly and easily changed to a heater or cooker.

The invention possesses further objects which will appear as theadescription now proceeds with reference to the illustrative embodiment shown in the accompanying drawing in which Figure I is a view' in side elevation and partly in section of the appliance as used for heating purposes; Figure II is a view in vertical section of the appliance as used for cooking purposes; Figure III is a view in side elevation of the appliance as assembled for the purpose of shipment or storage and Figure IV is a view in side elevation of an interchangeable insert or front piece which may be used in converting the appliance from a cooker to a heater or vice versa.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, for the sake of economy as well as to realize a compact package for storage or shipment,

I prefer to use a pan-shaped or the like,

shaped base (5) having in the top thereof a central opening made to receive a nipple (6), the same in turn adapted to receive the reduced end (7 of a post (8) made to support the pan or the like shaped coil housing (9) so that the same may be supported with the open face thereof in a vertical plane when the appliance is used as a heater (see Figure I). When the appliance is to be stored away or packed for shipping the pan or the like shaped coil housing (9) is removed from the base (5) and supported by the auxiliary annular base (10) and the pan or the like shaped base (5) is then inserted over the open face of the coil housing (9) and held in place by clips (11) as best shown in Figure II. The coil housing (9) and thebase (5) are substantially the same diameter and the same shape so that these two parts may co-operate to provide an inclosure for all the interior mechanism of the coil housing (9) and at the same time leave a compact package so that the appliance may be stored away in a relatively smallplace or conveniently fixed for shipment.

The auxiliary base (10) is preferably joined to the back of the coil housing (9) by angle pieces (12). with a perforated or the like collar spacing the auxiliary base from the coil housing to represent a pedestal. This also leaves a space so that the conductor (14) may .be passed through a nipple (15) in the collar and connected to the binding posts (16) of the heating coil The heating coil is supported in a plane parallel to and above the back of the coil housing (9) by angle pieces (18) with the small bolts of the bindingposts (16) anchoring the angle pieces to the back and a pair of small bolts (19) connecting the wire supports (20) of the coil to the angle pieces as best shown in Figures I and II. The angle pieces (18) and the wires (20) complete the circuit from the conductor (14) to the coil and at the same time enable the coil to be rigidly mounted within the housing.

For the purpose of handling the appliance a suitable hand grip (21) may be mounted to the side of the coil housing (9) as shown, then again it should also be known that the diameter of the auxiliary like base (5) so that the base (5) may also act as a support for the coil housing when p the appliance is used as a cooker (see Figure II). On the other'hand, the pan-like shaped base (5) may be set aside and the device when used as a cooker supported byv the auxiliary base (10) directly on a table or other surface.

For cooking purposes a wire mesh (22) should be provided for supporting the cooking utensil or the food to be cooked and when the device is used as a heater, as shown in Figure I, a different form of front design would be preferable to lend to the device more of a resemblance of a heater and as that of the open face of the coil housing (9) so that at least two of these inserts may be used, one having a wire guard (24) across the front of the same as seen in Figure I, and the other having the wire mesh (22) across its face. Of course, wire mesh (22) would serve the same purpose as the wire guard (24), but for appearance sake it would be best to use a guard in lieu of the mesh when the appliance is used as a heater.

These inserts are adapted to be slipped in the open face of the coil housing and they should be secured in some desirable manner, for instance the bayonet joints, such as shown at (25) with spurs or the like (26) on the inside face of. the coil housing will serve the purpose.

The scope of the invention should be in no way construed as being confined'to the details of construction shown in the drawings since various modifications and changes may be resorted to without departing from the salient features of the idea.

I claim:

1. In an appliance of the character described, a heating coil, 2. pan-like base, said housing adapted to be supported on said base with the open face thereof in either a horizontal or vertical plane, said base having substantially the same dimensions as that of the housing and adapted to be detached from the housing and fixed over the open face of the housing substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In an appliance of the character described, a hollow base, a heating coil, a housing therefor, the housing and said hollow base bein substantially of the same diameter and etachable from the housing and adapted to be fastened over the open face of the housing substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In an appliance of the character described, a heating coil, an open faced housing therefor, a standard on said housing for supporting the same on said base with the open face of the housing presented vertically thereof, a relatively wide base presented at right angles to said standard and secured to the back of said housing and adapted to co-operate with said base for mounting the housing with the open face thereof presented horizontally of said base.

4. In an appliance of the character described, a heating coil, an open faced'housing therefor, a standard on said housing for supporting the same on said base with the open face of the housing presented vertically thereof, a relatively wide base presented at right angles to said Standard and secured to the back of said housing and adapted to co-operate with said base for mounting the housing with the open face thereof presented horizontally of said base, said base being hollow and of substantially the same configuration as thatv of the housing and adapted to be fastened over the open face of thehousing substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In an appliance of the character as set forth in claim .7 and in combination with an insert made to engage the open face of the housing and embodying in its construction, the wire guard substantially as and for the purpose described.

6An appliance of the character described embodying a heating coil and a housing therefor, a. support for the housing adapted to present the open face of the housing in a horizontal plane and means mounted on the side of the housing for supporting the housing with the open face thereof in a vertical plane.

' MICHAEL BUTCHER. 

